Maryland admitted misclassifying dozens of deaths in police custody. A year later, little has changed. (w/Alex Mann) (via @thebaltimorebanner.com)

Maryland will have to reissue roughly 400,000 mail ballots after voters reported receiving ballots for the wrong party. Voters who were mailed a ballot before May 14 will receive a replacement ballot. Controls are in place to ensure no one mistakenly votes twice. www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...

Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen's heated debate with FBI's Kash Patel spilled over onto social media. The senator questioned Patel's fitness for the job, citing media reports of the top law enforcement official's excessive drinking. www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...

I was locked out of this account for a few weeks, but now I'm back. Here's my latest story: Two conservative lawmakers are not backing down from their offensive remarks about a colleague who is an immigrant from China, rebuffing calls to apologize. www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...

Menopause. The once avoided conversation is now everywhere online and in the news. Women left in the dark on what’s happening to their bodies are thirsting for information. Maryland wants to ensure doctors know how to help them. www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...

Om vs. arrr! Fells Point wellness studio has had enough of the pirates next door, @emilyopilo.bsky.social reports. www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...

Gov. Wes Moore signed an executive order Friday banning state employees from using nonpublic information from their jobs to place bets on prediction market apps, according to a draft of the order obtained by The Banner. www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...

The terrible owners of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette were going to shut the paper down rather than treat their employees right. Now The Banner's nonprofit parent company is buying the newspaper. www.thebanner.com/economy/bann...

With chaos in the House of Delegates and tension in the Senate, the 2026 Maryland General Assembly session ended on a sour note. @thebaltimorebanner.com’s team was there and we have this report from the State House: www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...

UPDATE: The Maryland Senate put more limits on police cooperation with ICE. The Community Trust Act blocks police from communicating with ICE unless there’s a warrant from a judge. www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...

NEW: A Maryland senate committee advanced a block on informal cooperation between ICE and local police. Lawmakers said the bill closes loopholes left open after they banned 287(g) earlier this year. Some law enforcement agencies stand opposed. www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...

From @maddioneill.bsky.social: ICE told Maryland agency about warehouse plans 2 weeks before they became public. www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...

NyKayla Strawder was fatally shot in 2022 by a 9 year old with access to his grandmother’s gun. Her family has been trying to pass a law in her name to prevent similar deaths. Their efforts have become tangled in Baltimore politics. It’s Local News Day. Local news matters. Link below.

Maryland hospitals in need of high-risk insurance products set up their own insurance companies in the Caymans — avoiding the state’s 3% premium taxes. @pwoodreporter.bsky.social has the story. www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...

In Baltimore, annual salary increases for elected officials are a foregone conclusion, a gift from city lawmakers past. By @emilyopilo.bsky.social www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...

Breaking: ICE says it is "reconsidering" the scope of a planned immigration detention center in Washington County. Details, with more to come: www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...

Maryland Del. Christopher Eric Bouchat has abandoned many of his duties as a state legislator, most days registering his attendance at the State House and then leaving. Now one of his colleagues wants to expel him. From me & @brendawintrode.bsky.social: www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...

By Sapna Bansil: A Cockeysville dad’s final wish: See his astronaut son fly to the moon. (via @thebaltimorebanner.com)

📉 NEW MARYLAND POLL 📉 Gov. Wes Moore Approval: 🔸 48% approve 🔸 42% disapprove 🔸 9% unsure “There is certainly evidence that he has lost a little bit of ground with the public,” says @mileahkromer.bsky.social of UMBC. “But it’s him and everybody else.” www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...

Maryland Democrats honored U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi and her public service career Monday at an Annapolis breakfast hosted by Gov. Wes Moore and his wife, Dawn. Moore called the Baltimore native "an absolute force of nature." www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...

UPDATE: James Appel, who managed money for the Maryland Republican Party and many GOP candidates, is alleged to have taken $100K from a candidate and $100K from a tennis nonprofit to refinance the loan on his 65-foot yacht, according to an indictment. www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...

The (probably) good news about the next Maryland state government budget: They aren't raising your taxes. The (probably) not good news: There's still a shortfall predicted for future years, and tough questions loom on spending and taxes. www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...

Maryland politicians closed a shortfall, but they didn’t fix the state’s budget woes

Remember the talk of a "Plan B" for congressional redistricting in Maryland? The House of Delegates is maneuvering to make that happen: www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...

Heading to the airport? Get there at least 3 hours early, BWI officials warned Sunday evening. www.thebanner.com/community/tr...

Here’s a photo of Baltimore’s former Columbus statue in its new digs. This office building is next to the White House.

A controversial statue of Christoper Columbus Baltimoreans dumped into the Inner Harbor in 2020 has found a home on White House grounds. www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...

Banning 287(g) agreements with ICE was just a warm up. Maryland lawmakers are nowhere near finished moving immigration-related bills. Here’s what else they’re considering: www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...

ICYMI: Maryland Republican lawmakers want to suspend the state’s 46 cents-per-gallon gas tax, to give drivers relief from rising prices at the pump. But Democrats are not jumping on board. www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...

Maryland faces 12,000 child sex abuse claims with no clear plan for possibly billions of dollars in payouts, reports @maddioneill.bsky.social . www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...

Maryland’s top court may decide a legal question prompted by a Democratic Party dispute in Anne Arundel: When, exactly, must a candidate establish residency to run for office? Del. Gary Simmons (pictured) is challenging the residency of his opponent, John Dove Jr. www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...

The law says the state must open a standalone facility for incarcerated women preoparing for release -- who advocates say lack the programs and opportunities men have. So why has the project stalled for years? www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...

Baltimore ICE officials shipped dozens of detainees thousands of miles from their attorneys and families the day before a possible oversight visit from members of Congress. My colleagues @maddioneill.bsky.social Danny Zawodny and I pieced together what happened. www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...

What did ICE do with the detainees they were holding at the Baltimore field office? Lawmakers found the cells empty on Monday during an oversight visit. The cells were packed with people just one day before. W/ @maddioneill.bsky.social & Danny Zawodny www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...

Cuts to programs for people with developmental disabilities will be “very painful” to absorb, advocates say. A Senate leader said the cuts were the "least bad" choice.

A federal judge ordered a 14-day halt to construction at a Washington County warehouse that ICE plans to convert into an immigration detention center. The judge said the broader legal challenge filed by Maryland's AG Brown could succeed on the merits. www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...

It is budget season in Annapolis. My colleague @pwoodreporter.bsky.social lays out the issues behind one of this year’s biggest expected cuts.

In his second legal action involving DHS on Tuesday, Maryland AG Anthony Brown asked a federal court to pause construction on a Western Maryland warehouse the feds plan to retrofit into an immigration detention center. The facility could hold up to 1,500 beds. www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...

Maryland's attorney general is suing DHS because they "stonewalled" his attempt to investigate the conditions at the Baltimore ICE facility's hold rooms, @alexmann.bsky.social reports. www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...

The hold rooms at Baltimore's ICE field office are empty, according to Maryland Congress members who toured the facility Monday. Their visit comes days after a federal judge imposed a limit on the number of people that could be held there. tinyurl.com/4apnefss

By @conarck.bsky.social: With limited resources, Baltimore Police struggle to aid mentally ill people. (via @thebaltimorebanner.com)

BREAKING: ICE has chosen its contractor to turn a Williamsport, Maryland, warehouse into an immigration detention center, reports The Banner's Daniel Zawodny. KVG LLC, a Gettysburg, PA-based logistics company won the $113 million award, according to federal spending records. tinyurl.com/5c24vxr3

It was supposed to be a good year for Maryland's oyster harvest. A "perfect storm" of disasters in recent months now have watermen asking for federal aid, reports @adampwillis.bsky.social . www.thebanner.com/community/cl...

New story for @thebaltimorebanner.com: Youth charging reform is finally gaining traction in Maryland after more than a decade of advocacy. But after some significant compromises, not everyone is happy about it. www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...

A Baltimore family lost their home over $888 in unpaid property taxes and fines. @halliemiller.bsky.social explains how this can happen, and often does. www.thebanner.com/community/ho...

What Rep. Andy Harris said Wednesday on presidential authority to declare war vs. what he said when Barack Obama held the office.

Before DHS/ICE bought a Wiliamsport warehouse to retrofit into an immigration detention center, they scoped out 3 other locations -- two spots in Baltimore County and Anne Arundel County. Check out the map. w/@maddioneill.bsky.social & @pwoodreporter.bsky.social www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...

The Senate committee vote reducing the charges for teens marked a shift toward youth legal reforms that have stalled in the General Assembly for years.

Maryland wants its $4 billion in tariff payments back. Gov. Moore and top fiscal leaders are demanding Pres. Trump reimburse Marylanders for price hikes from import tariffs, an estimated $1,744 per household. www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...

Gov. Wes Moore says costs need to be constrained at the Developmental Disabilities Administration. For people with disabilities, that translates to pay cuts for their aides and loss of 1:1 support. They're fighting the cuts -- for the 2nd year in a row. www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...